The Pandemic Trilogy On Demand: January 21–February 28, 2022
We’re thrilled to announce we’re ringing in 2022 with The Pandemic Trilogy — Alice in the Pandemic, Death By Life and A Survivor’s Odyssey — on demand from January 21 through February 28. There’ll be lots of additional content including a documentary on the making of the trilogy with interviews with our creatives, artists and technologists. To celebrate 2022, the price for the […]
Back by popular demand: Alice in the Pandemic!
This unique show that changed the way opera is made digitally will be back for a limited time only: February 12- 28, 2021. For those who missed it when it premiered LIVE last year, here’s your chance to watch a recording of the live performance. For those who saw it the first time, please come […]
PTSD Resources
Several audience members report being triggered by the issues explored in Alice in the Pandemic. We had a discussion about this at our Talk Back at our last show. As promised, here are a few links to Covid-19 mental health resources. Please reach out for help if you need to. You are not alone. When […]
A Letter to Our Friends
Dear Friends of White Snake Projects: WE DID IT. Three times, we did it! Three amazing runs, all different, yet the same. Different because it’s LIVE performance and our artists are creating artistry in the moment; the same because we’re telling a universal story of living in pandemic times, journeying to find ourselves, and stretching […]
Reflections on Opening Night of “Alice”
Dear Friends of White Snake Projects: WE DID IT! We took maiden technology for its first outing and got to the end of the show with only a hiccup. We made a world premiere opera remotely. We synced our singers live to 3G animation and music. We are proud of ourselves, our team, our artists […]
“Alice in the Pandemic” Program Book
Dress Rehearsal Update: Two Days to Go!
Dear Friends of White Snake Projects: As we learned last night, when you’re preparing a world-premiere digital opera, Tech Week gets taken to a whole new level! The Internet demons were not cooperating and the inherent risk of digital performance that we had until yesterday understood only theoretically, was brought home with full force. I […]
Q&A with Tian Hui Ng
For Tian Hui Ng, going digital has meant rethinking everything he knows about conducting. Find out how the Music Director of “Alice in the Pandemic” changed his techniques to bring Jorge Sosa’s music and Cerise Lim Jacobs’s libretto to life online. How has your work as a music director changed since everything became digital and […]
First Dress Rehearsal for “Alice in the Pandemic
Dear Friends of White Snake Projects: We had our first dress rehearsal last night! It was so gratifying to see the different elements of the show coalesce – from the 3D animations, projections, electronics, orchestra, and children’s chorus to the sheer artistry of our singers which brought the show to life. Working in the digital […]
Students at Lesley Art + Design Respond to “Alice in the Pandemic”
We are so excited to share these beautiful designs, which were created for us by the talented students at Lesley Art + Design. Under the instruction of Animation Department Chair Catriona Baker and Professor Michael Talbot, the students were asked to create artistic responses to “Alice in the Pandemic.” Here’s what the students came up […]
White Snake Projects Premieres Alice in the Pandemic, Ambitious Virtual Opera Composed by Jorge Sosa (Oct 23–27)
On October 23–27, activist opera company White Snake Projects presents the world premiere of Alice in the Pandemic, a new virtual opera composed by Jorge Sosa. Led by creator and librettist Cerise Jacobs, the company has managed not only to quickly and ingeniously adapt to the changed performing arts environment, postponing until spring the originally slated premiere of composer Elena Ruehr’s poli-sci-fi opera Cosmic Cowboy, but […]
Meet the Cast
In between rehearsals, intensive tech training, and avatar transfigurations, cast members Carami Hilaire (Alice) and Eve Gigliotti (Mrs. Lee, her mother) took a little time to share a bit about themselves and their experience making Alice during this very strange year. Carami Hilaire What made you want to be an opera singer? Carami Hilaire: I haven’t […]
“Alice in the Pandemic,” Activism and Opera
Dear Friends of White Snake Projects: We’re less than one month away from the premiere of Alice in the Pandemic and we’re still deep in pandemic times. The issues Jorge Sosa and I felt driven to write about are heightened, not lessened by time passing. As a mission driven company, White Snake Projects is committed […]
Q&A with Elena Araoz
Elena Araoz is a stage director of theater and opera working internationally, Off-Broadway and across the country. She directed White Snake Projects’ I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams in 2019, and continues her work with WSP by directing Alice in the Pandemic. Read on to find out more about her approach to directing […]
Q&A With Curvin Huber
Meet White Snake Projects’ Director of Innovation Curvin Huber. In addition to his position as Professor of Interactive Media at Becker College, Curvin lends his design and technological expertise to many of White Snake Projects’ productions. Most recently, Curvin helped to create groundbreaking new motion capture technology for Alice in the Pandmic. Read more about […]
Q&A with Andy Carluccio
Meet Andy Carluccio, the video engineer for Alice in the Pandemic. Andy is the president of Liminal Entertainment Technologies, a company focused on providing industry-leading services to enable virtual theater, performances, and creative projects. Read his bio. Q: What made you want to be a Video Engineer? Is it something you studied in college? I […]
It’s Time to Get Your Tickets!
Dear Friends of White Snake Projects: Today’s the day! Tickets for Alice in the Pandemic are on sale NOW! The premiere is October 23–27, 2020, and we can’t wait to share this show with you. We’ve spent a lot of time since lockdown thinking about how to re-create a robust online opera experience which will […]
Press Release: Team of Tech Innovators Drives Virtual Opera Alice in the Pandemic
Alice in the Pandemic, a new virtual opera from activist opera company White Snake Projects, led by creator and librettist Cerise Jacobs, represents an ingenious adaptation to the changed performing arts environment. Renowned for its pioneering work with new technology onstage, the company has now characteristically reached out to a team of tech innovators around […]
Take a Tour Through Alice’s World
Dear Friends of White Snake Projects: We’re excitedly (and frantically) developing Alice in the Pandemic. We started this project in May, and we have finished the music “workshop” and are moving forward on orchestra rehearsals, all in the new world of cyberspace! The tech team is forging ahead with creating the 3D animation which will be the […]
PRESS RELEASE: Responding to Challenge of COVID-19 Crisis, Creator and Librettist Cerise Jacobs and White Snake Projects Pivot from Live Performance to Virtual Opera with Premiere of Alice in the Pandemic (Oct 22–27)
As COVID-19 plays havoc with arts programming around the globe, creator and librettist Cerise Jacobs and her activist opera company, White Snake Projects, are once again pointing the way ahead, with a nimble pivot to sidestep the uncertainty surrounding fall programming.